Out - In

Lone Chair

The Ladies bar!

Out on the Balcony!

Theatre Lobby Area.

Theatre Lobby Area.

Just the 2 of us.

Just the 2 of us.

Just the 2 of us.

Colourful Stairs

Colourful Stairs

Colourful Stairs

Bay South Garden to open on June 29

Bay South Garden to open on June 29

By Joanne Chan | Posted: 03 April 2012 1022 hrs SINGAPORE: Bay South Garden, a section of the waterfront gardens in the new Downtown @ Marina Bay, will open on June 29. It is the largest of the three gardens that make up Gardens by the bay, ...

State-of-the-Art Gardening, Singapore-Style

State-of-the-Art Gardening, Singapore-Style

Now the city is thinking big again: In June, it will open the 380-acre Gardens by the bay. 'Supertrees,' between nine and 16 stories high, feature silver-pink steel 'branches' and are covered with climber plants. The existing colonial-era Botanic ...

Singapore Seeks Public Input on Parks Makeover

Singapore Seeks Public Input on Parks Makeover

Considering the soon-to-be opened Gardens by the bay project, Singapore's S$1 billion investment in a huge garden on prime real estate featuring plants from six continents, the planned “destination gardens” are nothing really new or surprising.

ACM photos & videos: CBS ratings champ; awards back in LV in 2013-14

ACM photos & videos: CBS ratings champ; awards back in LV in 2013-14

Overall, CBS also won the night with a big audience lead, with about 13 million viewers tuned in for each of the 3 hours of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena and Mandalay Bay Events Center and an all-ratings win ...

Not too cool to drool

Not too cool to drool

For sure, though, Ramsay protegee and Michelin-star chef in his own right Jason Atherton has plans to open a fine dining outlet at the Gardens by the bay, slated to officially open end-June. (Atherton had just opened the already painfully hip Esquina ...

Meet the 'Orchid Lady'; Local woman shares her knowledge of flowers

Meet the 'Orchid Lady'; Local woman shares her knowledge of flowers

The Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee invited her to do a presentation on a paper she wrote regarding orchids and the Singapore gardens titled, “The Naming of Orchids: A Latin Lesson.” She will also brief the audience on Singapore's Gardens by the bay ...

Nanaimo Community Gardens forced to move greenhouses

Nanaimo Community Gardens forced to move greenhouses

By Robert Barron, The Daily News April 3, 2012 After 14 years of growing food plants for local gardeners in greenhouses off of Hammond Bay Road, the Nanaimo Community Gardens Society is looking for new digs for its greenhouse operations.

Free garden tour puts the spotlight on native plant gardens

Free garden tour puts the spotlight on native plant gardens

Walks in East Bay Regional Parks adorned with spring wildflowers and budding shrubs turn our attention to creating something similar in our own outdoor spaces. Kathy Kramer, organizer of the Eighth annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, ...

Whitefish Bay Lands Bird City Designation

Whitefish Bay Lands Bird City Designation

With cooperation between Whitefish Bay's government, garden club and civic foundation, the village is now one of 50 Wisconsin communities that will be recognized for their conservation efforts. By Jeff Rumage With the approval of its Bird City ...

Bay Area garden experts' grow-to guide

Bay Area garden experts' grow-to guide

Whether you're a novice or a seasoned gardener, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the abundance of seed varieties on display at garden stores. To help fine-tune your list of what to plant this year, we've polled a few of the Bay Area's expert gardeners on ...

Living in the bay area

Living in the bay area

BAY Garden Club and Residences, the luxurious residential community developed by Federal Land, Inc.. is the exclusive three-tower development inside the Metropolitan Park, the sprawling 40-hectare masterplanned community situated along Diosdado ...

Oyster Regatta British Virgin Islands 2012 Preview

Oyster Regatta British Virgin Islands 2012 Preview

The on the water action starts, Tuesday 3rd April with a race from Nanny Cay and finishing at Cane Garden Bay, where Oyster owners and their guests will enjoy cocktails on the beach followed by a barbeque supper at Myetts Garden Inn. The beach at Cane ...

25000 people to participate in Singapore's World Water Day activities

25000 people to participate in Singapore's World Water Day activities

World Water Day in Singapore will kick off on March 24, with a 2km morning walk for 3000 participants from Gardens by the bay to Marina Barrage. Simultaneously at Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Dr ...

April gardening essentials

April gardening essentials

Now that spring is here, the garden will start getting out of hand. Weeds will flourish, snails will come out of hibernation, and throughout the Bay Area, wisteria will bud out in great profusion. The Chinese varieties (Wisteria sinensis) burst into ...

Singapore Expects 10 Percent Increase in Tourists in 2012

Singapore Expects 10 Percent Increase in Tourists in 2012

This year, Singapore's value proposition to tourists will be boosted by blockbuster projects such as the upcoming River Safari and Gardens by the bay. “But equally, going forward, we want to place greater emphasis on 'software' aspects like exhibitions ...

Tiger Woods frustrated at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tiger Woods frustrated at Arnold Palmer Invitational

By Oliver Brown, Orlando Somehow he contrived to hit a three-wood at the 12th 260 yards out of a fairway bunker, and yet three holes later snap-hooked a drive so far left that the ball ended up in a Bay Hill resident's garden.

Gardens by the bay : Videos

15Nov2011 GARDENS BY THE BAY East

15Nov2011 GARDENS BY THE BAY East

Gardens by the bay East - Bay East Gardens is accessible via public bus service no. 158, or by walking across from Marina Barrage, which is just 5 ... Rated: 5 Duration: 358 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:13:34 PST

Preview of GARDENS BY THE BAY Part 1 | 2bearbear.com

With tickets purchased at the 20th World Orchid Conference, there is also a complimentary preview of the Gardens by the bay. It is fully air ... Rated: -1 Duration: 17 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:56:15 PST

GARDENS BY THE BAY @ Living Cities

This is a video feature as part of Living Cities: Singapore shown last January 2011 in Discovery Channel. This video and any of its content are ... Rated: 5 Duration: 500 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:58:40 PST

Preview of GARDENS BY THE BAY Part 2 | 2bearbear.com

With tickets purchased at the 20th World Orchid Conference, there is also a complimentary preview of the Gardens by the bay. It is fully air ... Rated: -1 Duration: 19 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:02:45 PST

Unique Plant World in The Flower Dome - GARDENS BY THE BAY

The Flower Dome at Gardens by the bay provides visitors with a vast and unique collection of plants and flowers from many parts of the world. This ... Rated: -1 Duration: 712 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:45:34 PST

Unique Plant World in The Flower Dome - GARDENS BY THE BAY

CapitaLand Bishan Condo Fly-through

A virtual fly-through of Moshe Safdies newly designed condominium in Bishan, Singapore. Located on an 11,997 sq m site in the heart of Bishan Central, one o... - www.youtube.com

Gardens by the bay : Latest News, Information, Answers and Websites

Buying Ladybugs in the Bay Area?

I live in San Jose, California and I need a store or a garden where I can buy ladybugs to combat my aphid problem. I dont want to order them by catalog or via the internet, so can someone give me the nearest location that sells these delightful pest control creatures? Include phone number and address of the provider, please.
Answer: Sloat Gardens used to sell them, so I'd give them a call. They have a few Bay Area locations, so ask if another branch sells them, if you don't find it locally. This web page lists the towns in the Bay area where they're located, with phone numbers too:
http://www.sloatgardens.com/locations_and_hours/default.htm
Also, consider getting the larvae of Lady Bugs, as these also eat aphids, before transforming into adults - longer control of the pests!
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob Category: Garden & Landscape

Spider and Unusual Form Daylilies - GARDENS BY THE BAY

two classes of daylily to add to your gardens, Spider Hemerocallis, Unusual Form Hemerocallis

Solar-Powered Supertrees Sprout at Singapore's GARDENS BY THE BAY

Jul 14, 2011 ... Construction is progressing on Singapore's Gardens by the bay project, which will house over 200000 plants from around the world and ...

Is Pirates 4-D still showing at Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, or has the Sesame Street show replaced it completely?

I already know that Sesame Place has completely replaced Land of the Dragons, but I had also read that Pirates 4-D had been replaced by a Sesame Street show too. I never got to see that show, because last time we were at Busch Gardens I was little and chickened out because of being scared. I want to see it next time I go, and read that Busch Gardens is doing alternate showings of the two movies. Is this true?
Answer: That Pirates 4-D show is no more. Once they replace a show with a new one, the old one is extremely unlikely to ever come back. Category: Amusement Parks

Spare Times

Around Town Museums and Sites Brooklyn Historical Society: Managing a Personal or Family Archive: Why, What, How (Saturday) Why should someone preserve their personal documents? What type of papers should a person keep? The archivist Larry Weimer will be on hand to explain. This presentation, part of the Historical Societys Spring Library - By LIZ GERECITANO

Spider and Unusual Form Daylilies - GARDENS BY THE BAY - Tripod

two classes of daylily to add to your gardens, Spider Hemerocallis, Unusual Form Hemerocallis.

Supertree Grove at GARDENS BY THE BAY « Hungeree

The Supertree Grove located within the 250-acre Gardens by the bay in Singapore is part of the government's plan to transform Singapore into a city within a...

Free garden tour puts the spotlight on native plant gardens

Walks in East Bay Regional Parks adorned with spring wildflowers and budding shrubs turn our attention to creating something similar in our own outdoor spaces. Kathy Kramer, organizer of the Eighth annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour ...

Japanese knotweed removal ?

O have a large patch of j.k.w in my garden my garden.is uneven and the knotweed is on a hump at the bottom of the garden iv cut it right back to ground level and instead of having a long battle with trying to get rid of it I was thinking I could just keep it at bay by either building up a wall around the hump with a foot over it covering it with strong tarp then covering with a foot of woodchip so I can use that part of my garden as a softplay area for my sons or building raised fully concreated and slabed patio area then making sure I mow the rest of my lawn weekly to irradicate new shoots appearing.in other areas of my garden do you think.my.ideas could work any advice would be great many thanks
Answer: Answers here are generally very good -
just be careful if you're cutting it, as small fragments of shoots and roots can regrow too. You'd need to have it buried under 5m of soil, to prevent it growing through, so I assume that this won't be an option: in any case, it may well have spread very far from where it's now emerging.
It's incredibly invasive, persistent and damaging to other plants, building structures and I agree that the effective likely control is via correctly applied weed-killer (much as I hate using dangerous chemicals). It may be present in soil as far as 20+ feet from where it's growing above ground now, and all soil and plant parts from this area are treated as noxious, and need correct legal disposal: contact your local authority for further details of appropriate waste sites /disposal methods. There isn't a legal need, generally, to inform them of it growing on your property.
It's an offence to cause this plant to spread, so be careful too of how you treat it, though it seems that you're acting fully responsibly by wanting to remove it correctly. Obviously take great care with the use of weedkillers, and these aren't generally allowed near to flowing water etc.
It can take 3 years or so to fully kill this plant, so regular repeated treatment will be needed. Spring is a good time for its treatment, as it will be about to grow very rapidly, with the onset of more intense light and heat. Sorry this is not all good news, but whilst your plans would show some temporary clearance, it's not likely to lead to any long term solution.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob Category: Garden & Landscape

Vertical Gardening: growing up!

Individuals have been gardening since the dawn of time, using plants for food, medicines, building materials, clothing & simple decorative purposes. Although lately it is gaining in popularity, vertical gardening is not a new concept. Vertical gardens are ...

GARDENS BY THE BAY

Gardens by the bay (Look out for our soon-to-be launched website!)

What unique experiences are open to 7-year-olds at SeaWorld Orlando (or Aquatica) and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay?

Were planning our family vacation to Florida this spring and Im looking for something exciting to do for a 7 year old at Sea World Orlando, Aquatica, or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Weve been able to acquire better plane & hotel rates than expected and would like to give the kids something extremely memorable. His older sister is old enough to participate in the Shark & Beluga interactions at Sea World as well as the Tiger, Orangutan, and Elephant Keeper programs at Busch Gardens. Id love for her to be able to participate in one of those programs with (accompanied by one of us) but Id also like for him to have something to say besides "my sister got to feed a whale/swim with sharks on vacation"
I had looked at the camp listings, but none of the camps are open during the time we will be in FL.
We checked out Discovery Coves website, but the earliest day of our vacation that we can get reservations for DC is the next to last day of our vacation, and Im fairly certain we dont get passes to the other parks until after we visit Discover Cove.
Answer: Since you are doing their sisters parks I would look into Discovery Cove, it is in Orlando but they have transportation between the areas. Also if you purchase tickets to Discovery Cove you get another ticket to your choice of Sea World, Busch or Aquatica.
It is something that the entire family can do together.
It is an all inclusive park that has tons of interaction. You can swim with dolphins, rays, fish, there are pools and a private beach. They also give you food, towels, sun screen and a bunch of other stuff.
Here is their site: http://www.discoverycove.com/ Category: Orlando

LIVING IN | RED HOOK, BROOKLYN; Outlier Near the Center of the Universe

WHEN Frank Galeano was growing up on Union Street in the 1960s, Red Hook next door had so many abandoned buildings that he and his friends used them as clubhouses, running extension cords from nearby streetlights. In Red Hook today, houses are much harder to come by. Even fixer-uppers sell for nearly $1 million -- when available at all. Yet - Living In article on Red Hook, Brooklyn. Photos, Maps (M) - By JAKE MOONEY

THE BAY CITIZEN; Suicides Highlight Failures Of Veterans Support System

Francis Guilfoyle, a 55-year-old homeless veteran, drove his 1985 Toyota Camry to the Department of Veterans Affairs campus in Menlo Park early in the morning of Dec. 3, took a stepladder and a rope out of the car, threw the rope over a tree limb and hanged himself. It was an hour before his body was cut down, according to the county coroners - aglantz@baycitizen.org - By AARON GLANTZ

wilkinson eyre: singapore GARDENS BY THE BAY

Mar 22, 2011 ... designboom was recently in singapore where we had the opportunity to document the progress of wilkinson eyre's masterplan for 'gardens by ...

Rain gets stood up by Megan Fox!!?

That’s right. Rain was invited to a private dinner party hosted by director Michael Bay at the Macaroni Garden in Itaewon on June 9th. The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director supposedly requested to meet Korean male actors. So to oblige, Rain and other Korean actors showed up to represent. That night, Megan Fox and co-star Shia LaBeouf had a long day and were not able to attend. Also, Michael Bay also called it an early night and left the Korean actors to hang out at the restaurant.
WTF is that huh??
Answer: i swag when i surf Category: Celebrities

Please, Just Give Me Some Space: In New Office Designs, Room to Roam and to Think

SEATTLE MARTHA CHOES ideal working space is not her private office, nice though it is, but rather a long, narrow table in the vast atrium of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters here. The table, situated in a 33-foot-high open mezzanine, enjoys great swaths of daylight through the atriums quarter-acre of glass, and has a stunning view - Twenty-first-century workplace extols the value of open space, background noise and outside light--and questions the worth of private offices and other signs of hierarchy; various office quarters in Seattle are examined that use fewer private areas and more outside light. Photos (M) - By LAWRENCE W. CHEEK

Creative Designs & Beyond, a San Francisco Bay Area company featuring patio covers, sunrooms and screened porches, will be on-hand at the Contra Costa Spring Home and Garden Show from April 13 to April 15. Bay Area patio design company, Creative Designs ...

The Garden by Andrew Marvell?

I have this poem here and Im trying really hard to come up with some discussion questions but I am having a hard time. If anyone could help me come up with some questions, I would greatly appreciate it. Here is the poem:
How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or bays ;
And their uncessant labors see
Crowned from some single herb or tree,
Whose short and narrow-vergèd shade
Does prudently their toils upbraid ;
While all the flowers and trees do close
To weave the garlands of repose.
Fair Quiet, have I found thee here,
And Innocence, thy sister dear!
Mistaken long, I sought you then
In busy companies of men :
Your sacred plants, if here below,
Only among the plants will grow ;
Society is all but rude,
To this delicious solitude.
No white nor red was ever seen
So amorous as this lovely green ;
Fond lovers, cruel as their flame,
Cut in these trees their mistress name.
Little, alas, they know or heed,
How far these beauties hers exceed!
Fair trees! wheresoeer your barks I wound
No name shall but your own be found.
When we have run our passions heat,
Love hither makes his best retreat :
The gods who mortal beauty chase,
Still in a tree did end their race.
Apollo hunted Daphne so,
Only that she might laurel grow,
And Pan did after Syrinx speed,
Not as a nymph, but for a reed.
What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head ;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine ;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach ;
Stumbling on melons as I pass,
Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less,
Withdraws into its happiness :
The mind, that ocean where each kind
Does straight its own resemblance find ;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
Far other worlds, and other seas ;
Annihilating all thats made
To a green thought in a green shade.
Here at the fountains sliding foot,
Or at some fruit-trees mossy root,
Casting the bodys vest aside,
My soul into the boughs does glide :
There like a bird it sits and sings,
Then whets and combs its silver wings ;
And, till prepared for longer flight,
Waves in its plumes the various light.
Such was that happy garden-state,
While man there walked without a mate :
After a place so pure and sweet,
What other help could yet be meet!
But twas beyond a mortals share
To wander solitary there :
Two paradises twere in one
To live in Paradise alone.
How well the skillful gardner drew
Of flowers and herbs this dial new ;
Where from above the milder sun
Does through a fragrant zodiac run ;
And, as it works, th industrious bee
Computes its time as well as we.
How could such sweet and wholesome hours
Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!
sorry its so long.
Answer: First discussion question: What kind of drugs was Andrew Marvell on when he wrote this? Category: Poetry

Embracing Nature : GARDENS BY THE BAY (East) |

Drove to Gardens by the bay East on a shady day. First impression - Hmm..This place would be an ideal place for wedding or graduation photography

Bay South Garden to open on June 29

SINGAPORE: Bay South Garden, a section of the waterfront gardens in the new Downtown @ Marina Bay, will open on June 29. It is the largest of the three gardens that make up Gardens by the bay, Singapores new green oasis in the city. Bay South ...

Where To Go Butterfly Watching in the Bay Area

From tiny gardens to large sanctuaries, the potential for butterfly watching in the Bay is ample and varied! Here’s where you’re sure to spot plenty of the many species that thrive in our area: Nectar Garden in Coyote Hills Regional Park ...

GARDENS BY THE BAY / Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre ...

Aug 26, 2011 ... Gardens by the bay will be Singapore's largest garden project and is central to the country's continued development of Marina Bay. Managed ...

Spare Times: For Children, for March 30-April 5

‘StinkyKids, the Musical’ When second graders arrived for a recent performance of Vital Theater Company’s new children’s production, a few girls read the title aloud and said, “Ew.” They needn’t have worried. The authors may call it “StinkyKids,” but “StickyKids” would be more apt: - By LAUREL GRAEBER

Question for people that live in the Tampa Bay area?

Im going this coming Monday for a couple of weeks and need to know some fun things to do! Im staying with my Dad and half sister on his yacht that is actually in Ruskin which is by Sun City and Apollo Beach. Weve been to Busch Gardens but Id go again if theyve added attractions in the past couple of years. Will the water park be opened there yet? Also, whats the name of that really cool part of Tampa that is really trendy and has lots of bars and cool clothing stores and is fun for the younger crowd? And lastly, whats the weather supposed to be like? What should I pack? Will it get chilly at night, would some hoodies be okay? I cant wait to get out of dreary, depressing Michigan!
Answer: Going to Clearwater may be a pain in the butt. During spring break it is almost impossible to get out there as it is spring break. Hyde Park is also a great place to party. There are quite a few nice bars in that area. Otherwise, Ybor City is where ALL of the nightclubs are. Also, Channelside (which is newer) has good restaurants and a few bars too. You can actually take the trolley car from Ybor to Channelside. Busch gardens gets better and better every year. Adventure Island opens March 10th!
It may get cooler at night and in the mornings so you may need a hoodie. You are staying in the ruskin area---so i suggest seeing the Manatees too! Have a great time Category: Other - United States

PROPERTIES; Reworked Victorian Villa Houses Four Generations

MAIDENCOMBE, ENGLAND — When Rae Farquharson needs to borrow sugar, she asks her daughter, who lives in the apartment upstairs. And when she wants a cup of tea and a chat, she goes next door, stepping over her 6-year-old grandson’s toys, to see her 89-year-old mother in the adjacent cottage. The Farquharsons — all four generations - By NICOLA VENNING

My Singapore Travel: GARDENS BY THE BAY – A Green Oasis In ...

Gardens by the bay – A Green Oasis In Cosmopolitan Singapore. Singapore never ceases to amaze. There is shopping, entertainment, adventure and several other sights to behold. Amidst all these is the Gardens by the bay.

GARDENS BY THE BAY - Johnny Jet

Feb 28, 2012 ... Singapore's newest development is Gardens by the bay which cost one billion Singapore dollars and is located near the new Marina Sands ...

Singapore GARDENS BY THE BAY! One of the best tropical gardens!!?

Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s420nrkS6I&feature=related . It will definitely be one of the best man-made tropical garden!!! Can anyone name a few famous garden that is as awesome as this one? I am interested!
Answer: The video is extremely well done and very captivating. However don't confuse concept with reality. Do you think there would be any significant revenue generated that would come even close to the development cost as pictured?
The Gardens by the bay website, http://www.gardensbythebay.org.sg/index.php only identifies Singapores location as; unparalleled possibilities to create an exciting and unique experience for the Gardens by the bay. However, in National Parks own words the site and information is for, personal information, entertainment and education only. There is nothing available that indicates it is a serious project. If fact I'm surprised they found it necessary to include a 'Disclaimer'.
As an indicator of when or if this will come to fruition, look at Southern Islands. How many years has it been since the concept was approved? How much has been spent in fill, structure, utilities, etc. Yet how close is it to reality? I can't find any current information of it on line, http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=Southern+islands+development&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountrySG
and yet it was far enough along to consider it as a possible location for one of the 'IR's.
Yes it is an inspiring computer generated video. But don't buy or sell any tickets for admission just yet. And yes there are probably other computer generated concepts around and they may be used as an escape, in the worlds of 'Virtual Reality', or, as the Gardens by the bay website instructs; for "personal information, entertainment and education". Category: Garden & Landscape

Solar-Powered Supertrees Sprout at Singapores GARDENS BY THE BAY ...

Gardens by the bay will be Singapore’s largest garden project and is central to the country’s continued development of Marina Bay. Managed by the Singapore‘s ...

When You Become Old and Gray (Help !!!)?

It happens quick just like they say
High School College grad today
Get a job with Uncle Ray
Hey lets go home a different way
You meet a girl and kiss and play
Then buy a house for which youll pay
Grow a garden down by the bay
Plus fields of corn and even hay
Of course youll work hard every day
But then one day youll have to say
In this old chair Im going to stay
Until the last so lets all pray.
(This poem does not "feel" right
I need your help changing it/Thanks)
Answer: i think this poem is really good, i dont see how you could make rhyme more or make more sense. good job! Category: Poetry

One week after spring officially arrived, the Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity held its first Home & Garden Show last Saturday, March 24, drawing hundreds of visitors, and dozens of vendors to the Travis Roy Rink at Tabor Academy. “We were able to ...

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Are there any outdoor ceremony areas in Kirribilli that arent run by North Sydney Council?

I want to have an outdoor ceremony around Lavender Bay, North Sydney however all the parks are run by north sydney council. You cant have any amplification and Im worried the guests wont hear the celebrant without a microphone. Does anyone know of any private gardens that can be rented for an hour or two?
Answer: well this is the list of parks on their website that they manage .
http://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/www/html/2154-parks.asp
the bad thing about hiring park areas is that because it's a public place if a group of people were to come right near your wedding , you actually can't ask them to leave .
probably your best option is to look into private reception centers that have gardens instead & ask if you can hire their garden without using their hall / rooms . if they have gardens that are not too close to the hall you may be able to get married there if it wont disturb other weddings .
my sister got married at Nurragingy Reserve in Doonside & they actually had 3 people hire the gazebo there for weddings that day but not the hall , that's run by Blacktown Council & they allowed amplifiers so you may want to look into why North Sydney Council don't allow it . it doesn't seem right that one council lets you but another wont .
good luck . Category: Engagements & Weddings

What a Sports City needs to achieve after being the Model City of the World in 08 and YOG City in 10, now 11?

Spore City has a history of many Tops & Firsts for the last 20 years.
A Garden City
A Cultural & Shopping with Food Paradise
Top Airport of the World
First YOG City
First Stadium by the Bay for National Events in the World, etc, etc.
Now the coming up well equip Sports HUB to be a Sports City.
Any more to ADD?
Answer: Spore is a forward City and need to move at all time and cannot stop. Once stop, will be behind others and will be hard to catch up and will take years again to do it.
As in 2011, the greatest effort is to prepare and target for a few Gold Medals at the London Olympics in 2012. Near possible are the Table-Tennis, Swimming, Boating maybe the Weigth Lifting again to follow our Tan Howe Liang.
Year 2011 will be the training & trying time in other games to mark up the progress to the target date. They need to time their peak at the right time just like the gardener to time the flowering of plants at Chinese New Year Season to be of value.
The Sports HUB will be ready in 2014 and will be ready to take up the SEA or Asian Games in the run. Category: Singapore

Welcome to GARDENS BY THE BAY

Discover the many wonders of nature at Gardens by the bay, located at the Marina Bay area of Singapores new downtown. Visitors can revel in many activities ranging ...

Meet the Orchid Lady

She will also brief the audience on Singapore’s Gardens by the bay. Her experience with orchids goes back to her time in Singapore, China, where she became involved with the Singapore Botanical Gardens in the 1980s. “I worked first as a ...

Singapore to Open GARDENS BY THE BAY - WSJ.com

Supertrees Grove in GARDENS BY THE BAY

A view of towering Supertrees Grove stands in the Garden by the Bay in Singapore on April 3, 2012. Situated at the heart of Singapores new downtown at Marina Bay, the 101-hectare Gardens by the bay will include two greenhouses and 220,000 ...

LIVING IN | THROGS NECK, THE BRONX; Fluid Reasons for a Constant Allure

THE landscape in Throgs Neck, in the southeastern corner of the Bronx, has been transformed over the last several decades. Before, open fields flanked areas of three-season bungalows overlooking Long Island Sound and other expanses of water. Now the area is mostly bustling and built up -- and sewn into the city fabric by expressways. But when it - By JOSEPH PLAMBECK

Please, Just Give Me Some Space: In New Office Designs, Room to Roam and to Think

SEATTLE MARTHA CHOES ideal working space is not her private office, nice though it is, but rather a long, narrow table in the vast atrium of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters here. The table, situated in a 33-foot-high open mezzanine, enjoys great swaths of daylight through the atriums quarter-acre of glass, and has a stunning view - Twenty-first-century workplace extols the value of open space, background noise and outside light--and questions the worth of private offices and other signs of hierarchy; various office quarters in Seattle are examined that use fewer private areas and more outside light. Photos (M) - By LAWRENCE W. CHEEK

Are you excited about the FUTURE Singapore..(with all the new tourism projects like F1 race and the IR)???

The government is doing alot to promote tourism:
developments like
Marina bay:
Gardens by the bay
Singapore flyer
Double helix bridge
Marina bay sands
F1 race
business finacial centre
sentosa IR (resorts world)
theme parks
revamping orchard road
ion orchard and orchard central( two new concept malls )
and bras basah bugis area
i seriously cant wait for 2010, by then Singapore will be on par with Hong Kong as a tourist mecca...
Answer: yes !!! cant wait for that to happen... but there's pros & cons to it Category: Singapore

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By each of these sites in Las Vegas, where are good, inexpensive places to eat or snack?

Stratosphere Hotel Casino
Fremont Hotel Casino
Elvis Chapel
Little Church of the West
FAO Schwartz
Golden Nugget Hotel Casino
Fremont Street Experience
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Hoover Dam
Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Desert Garden
Mandalay Bay Hotel Casino Shark Reef
Luxor
New York-New York Hotel Casino
MGM Grand Hotel Casino
Lion Habitat at the MGM Grand
Monte Carlo Hotel Casino
Aladdin Hotel Casino
Eiffel Tower
Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Fountains at Bellagio
Caesars Palace Hotel Casino
Flamingo Las Vegas
Mirage Hotel Casino
Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
Volcano at the Mirage
Venetian Resort & Casino
Treasure Island
Sirens of TI
Wynn Las Vegas
Please include restaurants that are not buffets-I have to fit into my wedding dress!
Answer: That's a pretty long list, but I'll tell you what I know from experience. Any cafe should have reasonable prices and decent food.
Fremont Hotel (junk food there)- Go across the street to California Hotel and there is a Snack Shop downstairs on the opposite corner of the front desk. They have some pretty good food. Everything is cooked to order and reasonable. They have things like Japanese food (tempura, teriyaki), Chili (from Zippy's in Hawaii), sandwiches, etc.
Ethel M. Chocolate Factory - If you go to any station casino, a few nearby, they have a food court type area with pizza, new york deli, panda express, ice cream place, quiznos, and a cafe.
There is also a mall nearby (Galleria at Sunset) that is really good (good prices and sales) and has a food court and some restaurants.
We also have L&L on Stephanie and Sunset near Target, which sells Hawaiian style foods like shrimp curry, chicken katsu, hamburger steak, mahi, etc.
Hoover Dam - They have a small snack shop. There is nothing really close by.
Luxor - At the Luxor, they have a food court where they have McDonald's, some sandwich places, etc.
Caesar's Palace - I've stayed there and I don't remember any small places to eat, but they do have a mall where you can probably go to.
New York, New York has a lot of little places to eat.
Aladdin - The cafe (Zanzibar, I think), has good tasting food and wide variety. The eggs benedict is really good. I ate that for dinner a lot. Category: Las Vegas

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New Era for Bay Medical Begins under New Management

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minecraft spiders pissin me off?

okay so i wanted to stop playing on peaceful,but two reasons,one - COMputer has bad framerate when massive activity is happening, the only way i can get a crystal clear framerate is to look at the sky.
two - i am terrified of spiders. one day,i man-ed up and decided to switch to normal. the second i walked out my house, a spider got me assasins creed style,plus i had no sword equiped,so i had to navigate the menu under pressure,and scared out of my mind, i equip my sword and run straight into my cactus garden and had a battle that looked directed by micheal bay.
* Look on youtube for themhn5 and you can see a quick view of my house,and how easy it is to jump me from behind,plus i live near a DESERT,the spiders natural habitat*
is there a texture pack,or mod or something to ban all spider mobs from spawning. i dont care if all mobs were changed to creepers,but please,kill them,so i can once again play minecraft
in case you didnt find out,i play on laptop,and have a SEROUIS case of arachnophobia,which means,i have killed spiders before but,its JUST to much,plus,i live in a desert area,with a cave in my house ( found 2 spawners). its basically hell.i am making walls around my city. I cannot man the **** up because if i try,my laptop may decide to start lagging out,and there i am,getting attacked,all because i wanted to defend myself.
And how the **** am i NOT supposed to be afraid of something that jumps,can support an archer, climbs walls,lives in the dark, AND DAY, and has X-RAY vision?
Answer: If you don't want to play with spiders stick to Peaceful. Otherwise, man the fuck up. It's a video game.
Spiders are easy to kill and are easy to keep off your house. Category: Video & Online Games

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My Town: Bay Village Community Garden

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FOOTSTEPS; St. Helena, ‘Cursed Rock’ of Napoleon’s Exile

I STOOD on the aft deck of the 128-passenger Royal Mail Ship St. Helena in the gloom of a predawn morning last fall, my eyes riveted to an island that seemed to rise from the scalloped sea, a ruined cathedral of volcanic rock shrouded in mist. It was a steep natural fortress augmented by man-made battlements, bristling with rusty cannons that - By ANTHONY MANCINI

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What is the GARDENS BY THE BAY roof made of?

Answer: it could be made using Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete .
EDIT the bay roof garden might refer to the one in the link below from wikipedia and covers three buildings on the right of the pic planning stages then built now..gardens on top.. Category: Garden & Landscape

Mercury News editorial: San Joses chief had to make the call on M8trix

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what do u guys think of the 2 winning design concepts for singapores GARDENS BY THE BAY waterfront gardens?

these will be the most attractive public gardens in the tropics
Answer: why would you say that it would be the most attractive public gardens in the tropics?
Have you been to Suvarnabhumi Airport to see their gardens? Now that really attractive.
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